וּבָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל׃
Dan terpujilah Allah Yang Mahatinggi, yang telah menyerahkan musuh-musuhmu ke dalam tanganmu.” Lalu Abram memberikan kepadanya sepersepuluh dari semuanya.
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
[93] health for sickness, and life we may truly say for death, being declared the winner of the trophies by God the victory-giver, to whom too he dedicated the tenths as thank-offerings for his victory (Gen. 14:20).
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
[99] It was this feeling which prompted the Man of Practice when he vowed thus, “Of all that thou givest me, I will give a tenth to thee” (Gen. 28:22); which prompted the oracle that follows the blessing given to the victor by Melchisedek the holder of that priesthood, whose tradition he had learned from none other but himself. For “he gave him,” it runs, “a tenth from all” (Gen. 14:20); from the things of sense, right use of sense; from the things of speech, good speaking; from the things of thought, good thinking.